Tech Preference Versus Capability

My annoyance with people conflating preference over capability is hitting its breaking point.

Over the past few years, I have become more critical of Tech and Apple pundits in their coverage of technology. This is mostly centered around the iPad, but I feel the whole Tech Review community is really bad now. Not only does the focus continue to shift towards having the hottest (bad) takes to attract more views and clicks, but even some who are a little more honest in reviewing or talking about technology are not being helpful in how they represent certain topics.

The biggest example I can give for this is, as I mentioned earlier and wrote about last week in detail, the iPad. Something changed in how Tech Pundits, especially within the cohort of iPad enthusiasts, view the iPad. A lot of this has to do with the title of this post — confusing preference over actual capabilities — but I also think it has to do with one’s identity being in conflict with their evolving preferences.

I would never criticize someone for changing their taste or belief in a technology. If someone is a die-hard Apple fanboy and wants to switch to Windows or Android, I would never want that person to feel like that move is unreasonable or deserves any kind of hate, even if the reason for switching is due…